George Karl

The Sacramento Kings are planning to offer Basketball Hall of Famer Nancy Lieberman an assistant coach position, which the Old Dominion alumna will officially accept next week, according to published reports. “Definitely I’m going to offer her a job,” Kings vice president Vlade Divac said Thursday, per Ailene Voisin of the Sacramento Bee. Head coach George Karl “and I talked about bringing her back after she helped us at summer league (in Las Vegas). She was terrific.” Lieberman, 57, will be the NBA's second female assistant coach, joining the San Antonio Spurs' Becky Hammon. Lieberman, the first woman to play in a...

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2....

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